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Just a Slice of Life
I. The Morning Light Sunlight flooded the loft, catching the salt-and-pepper of my close-cropped hair as I lay in bed, weighing the question of identity. I am a large man—6'2" and 220 pounds—with a face usually framed by a goatee and mustache. I move through the world quietly, a private observer who finds peace in the simple sight of people enjoying their lives. I’m easygoing until I see the vulnerable—children or seniors—disrespected. That’s the Southern stock in me. My parents moved from the South to Southern California with nothing but a relentless work ethic, and their legacy is the lens through which I see myself.
By Jeffrey Lewis Shamburger2 days ago in Fiction
Please don't go
He looked at me, I looked at him. When he looked at me, it felt like my stomach was invaded with butterflies, but... not this time. At this very moment his eyes could laser through my stomach if he wanted to. I wish he did. For the pain of what he is about to say to me, is much worse than a couple of seconds of my stomach being lasered off. His sweet lips that spoke words in my ears, that made my face flush with red. I could predict the next words coming out of those pretty lips. "I can't bare the silent game, SPEAK JUST SAY IT ALREADY" I thought impatiently.
By C⃣ h⃣ a⃣ n⃣ e⃣ l⃣2 days ago in Fiction
Ghost Kitten Rise
There is another world that exists parallel to our own. It sits right beside us, and above us, and below us, and all around us, yet we never see it, and only very few of us ever sometimes feel it. That feeling may come as a cold chill, or a whisper from an empty room, or a tingle running down the spine, or any of a million other barely noticed disturbances to our ordinary everyday lives. We only notice because the feeling is so non-ordinary, so different from what we expect and are used to. Some people call it the spirit world, or another dimension or heaven or hell, but the name is not important, at least not for purposes of this story. What is important to understand about this other world is that it is inhabited by many creatures, some of which are formerly living beings from our own planet earth. Most people refer to these as ghosts, and they are feared by the still living. Some of these ghosts should be feared, but others are innocent and kind, even helpful to the living. There are other things in that world that are much more fearsome than the former living. They are natives of that world, and it is all they have ever known. However, they also know of the ghosts, and they know they come from another place. They very much desire to know what this other place is, where it is, and how to get there. They wish to conquer that world, our world, and make it their own. The reasons for this are not understood and there may be no reason, at least not one we could ever hope to comprehend. For countless millennia these beings have waited and watched and plotted and planned and made attempt after attempt to breach into our world.
By Everyday Junglist2 days ago in Fiction
The Feather That Fell Back
They say he flew away with wings of cleverness and wax, leaving Crete behind like a cage he finally outsmarted. They say his mind was unmatched—that Daedalus was born to rise above men, to carve the air itself into a pathway of freedom.
By Oluremi Adeoye 2 days ago in Fiction
